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Woman Admits Sending $400K To Nigerian Scammer
svnt writes "Janella Spears wiped out her husband's retirement account, remortgaged their paid-for house, and took out a lien against the family car in an attempt to cash in on the deal. A undercover officer involved with the investigation called it the worst example of the scam he's ever seen. Thoughtfully, Spears has gone public with her story as a warning to others not to fall victim."
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Why would anyone admit to being a retard?
...more like former husband
There's some comedy gold in there, a few tidbits!
...okay i'm going to hell...
"Janella Spears doesnt think shes a sucker or an easy mark."
"They said President Bush and FBI Director "Robert Muller" (their spelling) were in on the deal and needed her help."
"When Spears began to doubt the scam, she got letters from the President of Nigeria, FBI Director Mueller, and President Bush. Terrorists could get the money if she did not help, Bushâ(TM)s letter said. Spears continued to send funds."
"Most of the missives were rife with misspellings."
Priceless!
I wonder if she is related. . .
My sister opened a computer store in Hawaii. She sells C shells by the seashore.
Perhaps. But Occam's razor suggests that it never occurred to her that there might be a downside to publicly admitting to being this stupid, and she went public not "thoughtfully" as a "warning to others" but rather unthinkingly as a further example of what happens when you never think things through.
--MarkusQ
Not only that but from the article (Yeah, it seems like all of us just HAD to read this one.):
"Janella Spears doesn't think she's a sucker or an easy mark."
Janella, no, you're not a sucker or an easy mark. You're the dumbest fucking person on Earth.
"People who think they know everything are very annoying to those of us who do."-Mark Twain
Sure it seems like a tragedy now, but my gut feeling is that if she had sent one more payment, those millions would be in her bank account at this very moment. The same guy contacted me and I'm certain that with one or two more payments I will soon be rich beyond my wildest dreams. Remember kids, quitters never win and winners never quit.
Due to circumstances beyond my control, I am master of my fate and captain of my soul.
Dear Slashdot Reader,
My wife and family was recently was exiled from the USA for monetary reasons.
I was forced to flee before we could remove our holdings from their safe location.
I have since been in contact with a friend who can help withdraw our recent government bailout of $5,000,000,000, however in order to expedite this, I need to raise $400,000 to cover legal, and transfer fees.
I am looking for a trustworthy individual to help, and am willing to part with 20% of the money, once its been transferred.
If you can help, please contact me at MrJaneLLaSPeaRs@gmail.com
This scammer got tattooed, all right.
Yeah, but she is going to get that money back within 2 years -- by selling the rights to her story..... but first, she has to put up a small investment to get the agent working.......
The real "Libtards" are the Libertarians!
maybe guy #2 should try the sleeping approach. this way, everybody wins?
Stop Computers/Cars Analogies on S
I'm sure she would spend $10 on that:
http://www.despair.com/mis24x30prin.html
Je me souviens.
Poor woman probably even hawked her banjo.
Microsoft.
Ride the skies
4. ... Divorce husband and move away.
The real "Libtards" are the Libertarians!
This is why I don't deal with those Nigerian scammers. I deal directly with the Prince of Nigeria himself. We're so close that I"m sending him money to unfreeze his dead aunt's $1 billion fortune, of which I'm going to receieve half.
I think all this talk of Nigerian email scams is affecting you...
This is my sig. There are many like it but this one is mine.
Maybe there is a Nigerian scammer out there that is just as stupid as the people sending the money.
Dear Prince Nbumbu,
I am willing to assist you in transferring the sum of $20m in return for 10%, and will forward the $400,000 advance to you in the coming week. In order to progress this transaction I first need you to wire me $100,000 in processing fees. Further details to follow.
This comment is for entertainment purposes only. Any similarity to real insight or information is purely coincidental.
Not exiled. Deported. To Nigeria.
Mit der Dummheit kämpfen Götter selbst vergebens
Mean, Median and Mode. In a world of 99 uniform dumbasses and 1 genius, 99% would be below mean intelligence.
Not sure where you get the 50% from.
I don't know - I've met a lot of mean dumbasses and come to think of it, a lot of them were in uniform.
Only his tendency toward a dazed stupor prevented him from screaming aloud.
I can't believe she wouldn't cash my check. I'm still mad about that, I could have been a millionaire!
Dude, 50% is a terrible return on a Nigerian scam. You should shop around some.
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Jesus, how did this get modded 'insightful'? Should clearly be modded funny!!
I really do wonder about the state of /. these days.
An middle-aged white woman who is active in her christian church?
Not a chance.
I don't always use unix-like operating systems; but when I do, I prefer FreeBSD.
Does that involve the ban of any reproduction for them? :)
If not, it's worthless.
Any sufficiently advanced intelligence is indistinguishable from stupidity.
Yeah, but what if 98% of the people you meet say that the world is full of morons?
Ah, so that's why we don't reproduce!
No no no, when in doubt, use someone else's money, that way you wont get burned yourself.
- Raynet --> .
ha! hilarious slip - "praying on religious communities"
The strange thing here is not that a fool and her money are soon parted but rather that the fool ever managed to get together with her money in the first place.
It's simple: I demand prosecution for torture.
Then we sell the list to Nigeria?
Made me wonder, in what way does Slashdot users lack competence*?
Then I got it, in the social area of course, so well, it even turned out to make sense!
(* Typical nerd to see it as theoretical knowledge and then miss this basic practical human thing I guess :D. What RFC # for this male to female handshaking procedure you're talking about?)
The basic rule of any con is that "You can't cheat an honest person".
Unless you're the church, of course.
This woman is the reason these kinds of scams exist. She should be exiled.
But who'd want her in their country?
I'm picturing a banjo suddenly sprouting wings and a razor-sharp beak, soaring over the landscape and tweeting bluegrass licks. It's terrifying.
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